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PhD is concentrated Life and Life is diluted PhD. Every PhD must go through the toughest terrains by building his/her own paths. One sees no definite way, no direction, no goal, no meaning. Everything going to be all alone.  It's not meant for everyone. You got to have a hell lot of patience. PhD is not about reading a book - writing an exam on it and getting some good marks. No! ABSOLUTELY NOT.  If you're a topper in university, then don't think you'll fit in well here. Stamps can help you get a seat to some extent but to thrive here, you need to have the patience to keep that patience on.  Failure is not just common in PhD, but it's mandatory. You'll fail without writing an exam. You'll fail without even trying sometimes. You'll fail before you even start the experiment. You'll fail to talk to people. You'll fail to convince your supervisors. You'll also fail to convince your parents. You'll fail to maintain your friendship. You...

This incident happened a few days ago when I wanted to get some work done in one of the government offices. I ended up getting the document without paying a single paisa.  Disclaimer : This particular method may not work all the time. It worked well for me. You can call it my luck or anything. But sharing it for your information.  Mistakes : When you go to govt. offices they will find 100 mistakes in your document.                      Be patient. Correct them and again go back to them.                      Again they will point out a few mistakes.                      Be patient. Correct them and again go back to them.  Background : They point out your mistakes just to make you realise that you're not sufficiently equipped to get what you want from them. Understand this first....